ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,428, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Semiconductor device" was invented by Ming-Heng Tsai (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Ta-Chun Lin (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Semiconductor devices are provided. A semiconductor device includes a first well region having a first conductivity type, a second well region having a second conductivity type, a cell, and a pickup tap cell. The cell includes a first forksheet structure. The first forksheet structure includes a first transistor formed over the first well region, a second transistor formed over the second well r...